Counting Nocturnal

"The human mind Can only possess certain powers At a certain time What one may perceive at night May be different by day When the mind is asleep Your subconscious is at play" The doctor began His entire life was devoted To the study of time and dreams And the life he lived was one Or so it seems "The mind can only do so much When the body is at rest But when the two are combined It is like an ongoing contest There is a battle going on inside" He opened the door to his car "Hop in, I need to take you on a ride" The world outside my window Seemed like an abyssmal blur And in his mind something began to stir "On the topic of nightmares Nobody thinks about the day They only count nocturnal When your subconscious is at play" I had no idea where he was driving But something evil was thriving He locked the doors and continued "People are constantly wanting more Their dreams they do not care to analyze Soon we could be one with the celestial skies" We were at the waterfront And he drove onto the dock I looked into his eyes And saw that it was a devil in disguise "Nightmares-can drive a man insane The true nightmare is reality And I want to wake up" He crashed the car into the water And he and I both woke up from the nightmareI was originally going to title this "The Nightmare That is Reality" but I didn't Written January 31st, 2002 © on Jan 31 2002 09:14 AM PST   0 • 10